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Candle lighting: 7:25pm Friday, 09 May 2008 Parashat Emor Saturday, 10 May 2008 Havdalah (72 min): 8:56pm Saturday, 10 May 2008 Community EventsThere are no upcoming events currently scheduled.Recent Events HDC 18-29 Young Professional ShabbatonJanuary 25, 2008 (1:30 pm) -- Chanuka Party December 4, 2007 (8:00 pm) View Full Calendar Login Form
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Picture Queen Esther. Now, take those golden locks and replace them with thick black tresses, and instead of those big round baby blues, imagine almond shaped eyes the color of onyx. And that creamy white complexion? Try something a little tawnier, a little more olive. Now you have a closer picture of what the real Esther probably looked like: A beautiful Persian Jewish woman, very likely the same lineage as the beautiful Persian Jewish women who today populate the Los Angeles Jewish community. 
So you’ve had the uplifting experience, the one that changed your life forever. You saw the light, reconnected with your soul, or found the eternal truth. Whatever the case may be, your rendezvous with a Torah lifestyle was an experience that made you question who you are and how you should go about your daily life
Jewish singles’ parties. Synagogues. Lectures. Community events. The perfect places to meet young Jewish singles. Year after year, we flock together, hundreds of us, sometimes even thousands, with glimmers of hope. That there are so many of us, that we return, is truly remarkable.
Q: When someone asks you to pray for them, what is the best and proper way to 'pray' for them?
Many researchers believe the term "Sephardic" originally referred to Jews living in and later expelled from Spain in 1492. Today the term "Sephardic" has come to be accepted as a reference to the Jewish exiles and their descendants who settled in countries along the Mediterranean Sea, North Africa, the Balkans, Italy, Syria and Palestine, as well as indigenous Jews who already lived in these places. 
On January 28, 2006, the well-known rabbi, Hakham Yishak Kaduri of Jerusalem passed away. Hakham Yishak Kaduri was the most revered mekubal (kabbalist) in Israel, considered the most respected in our generation. The elderly rabbi was said to be about 106 years old.
Q: I'm confused regarding the difference between keeping kosher for the Sephardic community vs. Ashkenazi. Some Persian Jews eat "chicken" with milk products saying it's not "meat". However, the Ashkenazi say "chicken is meat". Are both situations correct or is one more valid than the other.